"Dajun, your son said that he would come to Shanghai for a few days during the National Day holiday, and you wouldn't call to ask."

Shencheng in 2008,

Although it is not as dazzling as being the world-class financial center in ten years.

However, after the reform and opening up, with Comrade Xiaoping's speech in the southern tour, he had already established his position as an economic center on the territory of the Republic for nearly twenty years.

Located in Xinkai District on the east bank of the Pujiang River, in a two-story house near the international airport.

Early in the morning,

Lin Aizhen kept talking nonsense.

Hong Dajun knew that his daughter-in-law was impatient and was nagged all morning and was not angry. He just stared at the scene on the TV with his eyes wide open, and his face was filled with sorrow.

“…Affected by the downward pressure on the US economy, global financial markets have fluctuated again. As of the closing time, global stock markets have fallen, and the Shanghai Stock Index…”

The not-so-spacious living room was filled with smoke, and the ashtray at the corner of the table was filled with extinguished cigarette butts.

The fact that his son Hong Sheng was going to Shanghai for fun on National Day was decided last month. Hong Dajun originally planned to spend a few days on National Day to come out and have a good time with his son.

But the current situation made him feel a little anxious.

A blizzard on the first day of the Chinese New Year cast a shadow on the economic development situation throughout the year, and the subsequent earthquake completely damaged the vitality of the domestic economy.

Originally, with the godsend opportunity of the Capital Olympics, everyone thought that the downward trend of the economy would be effectively alleviated.

But what followed was the unexpected outbreak of the United States on the other side of the ocean. One of the worst financial crisis in history, directly leading to the doubled global economic pressure, lack of funds in the financial market, and a sharp decline in investment.

The domestic real estate market has become a grave of investment overnight, and a large number of real estate projects have become unsalable.

After two years of struggling in the home decoration market, Hong Dajun finally accumulated a considerable amount of funds.

Just when I was about to let go, the home improvement market in Shencheng turned into a stagnant pool overnight.

More than a dozen decoration contracts signed two months ago have been cancelled before the end of the month. Now most of the decoration workers under their command are unemployed.

Two days ago, several bosses in the materials market who had been working with him all expressed their intention to liquidate the material fees, either openly or secretly.

Hong Dajun is now worried that the decoration company he has finally started to work hard is likely to not end the year.

"Tuit! Sooner or later, you will be killed!"

As soon as you enter the house,

Lin Aizhen was so choked by the strong smell of smoke in the room that she burst into tears and couldn't help but scold her.

Open the window,

The smoke in the room gradually dissipated.

However, the gloom at Hong Dajun's eyebrows did not decrease.

Thinking that his son was about to come in the afternoon, a smile still squeezed out on his face.

"It's okay, your son is a serious college student now, not a child, and he can still admit his mistakes."

As soon as you look up,

Seeing that his wife was about to start nagging again, Hong Dajun immediately raised his hand to surrender, extinguished the cigarette in his hand and got up.

"I'll call him later to ask where he is. You'll be busy first, stir-fry two more dishes, the chicken braised chicken in the refrigerator, your son doesn't eat stewed dishes, I'll go to Lao Wu, Lanxinyuan, and return the deposit from the last contract to him."

"His contract was withdrawn?"

Lin Aizhen frowned.

This is the number of times this month that the renovation contract has been cancelled.

If this continues,

Their decoration company, which has just been established for less than a year, is bound to close.

"Well, the economy is in a downturn now, and business is getting worse and worse."

Hong Dajun sighed.

He picked up the lighter and car keys on the table and went out.

...

Shencheng South Railway Station.

Once the train is by the station,

Hong Sheng squeezed out of the crowd with his backpack.

Before the military training summary meeting of the Jiang Division ended in the morning, he went straight to Shencheng with his backpack from the playground.

Jiangzhou is not far from Shencheng, and it is only a three or four hours drive by train.

It was less than 3 pm when the train arrived at the station.

Being a human being in the past and present lives,

Hong Sheng is no stranger to Shencheng, and his familiarity is even greater than that of Jiangzhou, where he has lived for four years.

After all, he has been working hard in Shanghai for more than ten years after graduating from university.

Leaving the South Station,

The scenery on the street has not changed much from the impression, and the small carts sold along the street have not disappeared.

Occasionally, you can see a few homeless people begging along the street surrounding passing passengers just to get a ticket or coins.

KFC, not far from the station, is as crowded as ever.

Hong Sheng suddenly felt a strong sense of escape.

Before his son Hong Dajun opened a decoration company, the Hong family was far from being a wealthy family.

But for parents who want to spend a penny in half,

Hong Sheng had no complaints about this.

At least from small to adulthood,

My father Hong Dajun and his mother Lin Aizhen have never felt wronged in life.

"Dad, you don't need to pick me up anymore. I know how to get over."

Hang up the phone,

Hong Sheng went straight to Metro Line 2,

Keep sitting to the end.

When exiting,

From a distance, I saw him, Hong Dajun, standing outside the gate, waving to him.

Staring at Hong Dajun's face that was still extremely familiar and friendly even though he had traveled through a time and space, Hong Sheng couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion.

The father and son greeted each other, and the father and son left the subway station one after another and got on the bus.

The car that Hong Dajun drove was a Changan Star that was less than 40,000 yuan when the decoration company just opened the year before yesterday. Most of the time it was used as a cargo vehicle.

In Hong Sheng's memory,

This Changan Star will be accompanied by his father Hong Dajun until after a car accident in 2015, and will be replaced by another car.

It was during this long 10 years that his father Hong Dajun had just passed his forties and reached the age of knowing destiny in the blink of an eye.

The old Hong family has also changed from a family of three struggling on the line of food and clothing to a well-off family 10 years later.

But again,

Hong Sheng had a strange impulse. Perhaps his father Hong Dajun should be worthy of a better car.

For example, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz.

Anyway,

It's definitely not the Star of Chang'an.

"Dad, is the business difficult to do recently?"

Hong Sheng vaguely remembered that his father Hong Dajun's decoration company did not close in September and October, when the financial crisis was the worst.

Instead, he persisted until the beginning of the second year. After experiencing a full half year of losses and almost exhausting all his previous savings, he chose to completely escape from the city of Shencheng.

In the end, even the family of three faced great difficulties at one time.

...

perhaps,

If I choose to withdraw from this industry decisively in the morning, the situation of the Hong family will be another ending!

It’s just a pity that not all failures have the chance to re-choice.

Turn your head,

Hong Sheng stared at Hong Dajun, whose hair was not completely white at this time, and his heart was a little ups and downs.
To be continued...